Mr Green had a little boy. Every day had work he came home and played with his son.
One night ,while Mr Green was at work, he __41__ that he had extra work to do for the evening ,and that he wouldn’t be able to play with his son._____42____ he wanted to give the boy something to keep him  __43__. So , looking around his office , he saw a   44  with a large map of the world on the cover(封面). He got an ___45 ____ He removed the map , tore(撕) it up into small pieces and put all the pieces in his coat pocket.
When he got home , the little boy came running to him and was ready to play. Mr Green ___46___that he had extra work to do and couldn’t play at the moment . Then he   ___47__  all the pieces of the map and put them on the table . He said to the  boy,”_48__” was a map of the world, and  ___49___th time you put it back together, my extra work will be finished, and we can ___50___”. Surely, this would keep the child busy for   ___51___  , he thought.
About half an hour later the boy came to Mr Green and said,” Okay, it’s  ___52___ . Can we play now?”
Mr Green said ,“That’s amazing!_____54  did you do that?” The boy said, “It was    55 . On the back of the page was a picture of a man . When I put the man together the whole world fell into place.”

【小题1】

A．imagined B．realized C．dreamed D．revealed

【小题2】

A．Although B．Since C．But D．Because

【小题3】

A．embarrassed B．smart C．busy D．tiring

【小题4】

A．bag B．desk C．coat D．magazine

【小题5】

A．accident B．opinion C．idea D．explanation

【小题6】

A．considered B．agreed C．explained D．decided

【小题7】

A．showed up B．took out C．set up D．put into

【小题8】A .It          B  He             C. She       D. One
【小题9】A .by         B  at              C. in        D. for
【小题10】A .work       B play             C. eat        D. sleep
【小题11】A .weeks      B days             C. minutes     D. hours

【小题12】

A．used B．enjoyed C．bought D．finished

【小题13】

A．easy B．impossible C．true D．important

【小题14】

A．How B．Why C．What D．When

【小题15】

A．simple B．difficult C．confusing D．misleading

One day I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I  was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying “You don’t say!” I was puzzled, and I thought , “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” So I said to him,“Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?”
“Certainly! Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!”“Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it.” As I went on telling him more about it, he stopped me again, “You don’t say!”
I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it? ”
“Well, I didn’t ask you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised.
“Did you say ‘You don’t say!’?” I asked again.
Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, “‘You don’t say!’ means ‘Really’. Perhaps you know little about English idioms(惯用语).”
Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.
【小题1】The writer was puzzled because                  .

A．the foreigner has some difficulty in understanding him.

B．the writer himself didn’t understand the meaning of “You don’t say!”

C．the foreigner was not polite.

D．the writer was very clever

【小题2】What made the foreigner laugh?

A．The English idioms	B．The writer’s talking about the Great Wall
C．The writer’s explanation	D．The writer’s question

【小题3】The story probably happened in                  .

A．China

B．America

C．England

D．Canada

【小题4】The writer was puzzled                  in the passage.

A．once

B．twice

C．three times

D．four times

【小题5】The English idiom “You don’t say!” means “               ”

A．Thank you

B．OK

C．Really

D． Sorry

缺词填空  先通读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词在题后横线上必须完整写出（本大题共6分，每格0.5分）

Suppose you are reading a book. Suppose you suddenly close your eyes, can you still see the book? "Of course not." you will say. But can you tell why? You would p__1. say, "When I close my eyes, my e__2.___ cannot get out of my eyes to get to the book." Many others might give an explanation(解释) very much like the above . But this explanation is w__3.___.

      You cannot see any object if light from that object doesn’t get into your eyes. Some of the things you see give off light of their own.

      The sun, the star, a lighted lamp are examples that can be seen by their own light. S__4.__ things are luminous(发光的). Most of the things you see are not giving off light of their own. They are simply reflecting(反射) light that falls on them from the sun or some other luminous bodies. The moon, for example, doesn't give off any light of i__5._ own. It's non-luminous. You see it because sunlight falls on it and some of it reflects in your d__6.__. So moonlight is only second-hand sunlight.

      When you look at a book, it sends to your eyes some of the light which falls on it, and you see the book. If light could be kept out from w__7.__ you are, so that there would be no light for the book to reflect, then you could not see the book e__8.__ with your eyes wide open.

      Light travels so fast that the time it t___9.__ from the book to your eyes is so s___10._ as if there was none at all. Light r___11.__ us from the moon, which is about 380,000 kilometers away, in only a little more than a s__12.__.

 

A famous foreign company in China wanted a clerk for its public relation department(公关部).
A beautiful girl with a master’s degree(硕士学位) went through a lot of challenges and her name was o  67 【小题1】 the list. In the final stage she had an i  68  【小题2】together with another girl. B  69  【小题3】of them were excellent, not only in looks but also in education.
The girl was s  70 【小题4】in the interview. It seemed that she would get the c 71  .【小题5】At last the examiner asked her, “Can you come to the office n  72  【小题6】Monday?” Shocked by the unexpected question, the beautiful girl couldn’t make a d  73  【小题7】
at the moment, so she said, “ I have to talk with my parents before I give an answer. “ The examiner felt surprised but said calmly, “ If so, let’s wait u  74 【小题8】 you are ready.”
The next day, the girl came to tell the examiner that her parents had a  75 【小题9】 to let her begin work next Monday. But the examine said regretfully(遗憾地), “Sorry, another suitable candidate(候选人) has got the job. You had b  76 【小题10】 try another place.” The beautiful girl was surprised. She asked for an explanation and was told, “What is needed here is a person who knows her own mind.”
That was how a good chance right under the nose of a beautiful girl ran away.

阅读下面短文，在表格内的空白处填入合适的答案(每格限填一词)
The way in which we communicate with others can be greatly improved by building a better vocabulary. In our personal life，we communicate and share experiences with others. However, how well we do it depends on(取决于)our ability to express ourselves through spoken and written language. Luckily，increasing(增加)our word power can make us own the skills we need to communicate better with others and can also help us get better results in our study.
When you see a new word，whether through reading or hearing someone say the word，just be ready to take out your dictionary and look it up-learn about the word and anything that relates(与…相关)to it. If you understand the word, you’ll hopefully remember it well.
Meanwhile, you’d better write down words to learn. You can go through the dictionary，magazine and newspaper or even take down the unknown words you hear. Try to review them every day-look at the words and speak them out loudly. Copy the words over and over again，along with their meanings，and you will surprisingly remember themn in no time.
You can also do word searches，crossword puzzles or other word games. Playing these games，you are more likely to come across new words, and when you are caught in new words, study them. The more words you have in your brain’s word bank，the better you will become at these word games. You will be remembering，learning and having fun，too.
Finally, reading is also believed to be an excellent way to learn new words and build up your vocabulary. Read things you are interested in，because in this way，you are less likely to become bored. But dont skip over(忽略) those words you don’t know. Instead, you should remember and use them in your own daily conversations. Use them more, and you’ll surely have a better chance of remembering them.

Topic：Increasing Your Vocabulary
【小题1】__________ of building up vocabulary	●Improve your ability to express yourselves and communicate better with others. ●Be 【小题2】___________to your study.
Suggestions on remembering new words	1.Remember every new word you meet with by【小题3】__________it. ●Learn about the word and anything that relates to it by looking it up in your dictionary.
	2.Make a 【小题4】__________of new words to learn. ●Review the words every day by looking at and speaking them out loudly. ●Copy the words and their meanings over and over again.
	3.Do word games. ●Play these games，come across new words and study them with fun.
	4.Learn words through reading. ●Read things you【小题5】__________. ●Do not skip over new words，but remember and use them more.